Vehicle-saddle.



H. T. ROBERTS.

VEHICLE SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED )UNE 5.19l6.

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H. T. ROBERTS.

VEHICLE SADDLE.

f APPLlc/mou man luNE 5.1916.

2 SHEETS- HENRY T. ROBERTS, OF ELYRIA, OHIO.

VEHICLE-SADDLE.

Application filed J une 5, 1916.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, I-IENRY T. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Saddle, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to certain'new and useful improvements in vehicle saddles and is fully described and explained in the specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which--v Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a compression spring mechanism and its support. Fig. 3 is a section on line 8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the saddle with the lower portion of the structure removed. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 of Fig. 5; and Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8 o-f Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, 9 is a metal stamping at the rear of the saddle.

10 is a casting at the front of the saddle and 11 is the leather seat stretched therebetween.

12 is the front spring of the saddle and serves its purpose in this structure in the usual manner. In addition, however, to the usual functions this spring is made to serve as the rigid member which distends or stretches the leather seat. To this end the upper ends of this spring are carried back ward at 13 (Fig. 5), brought together at 14 to form a constriction between them, and then flared apart and carried back to the stamping 9 to which they are fastened by bolts 15, which also serve to hold in place yoke-carrying clips 16.

17 is a guide made in the form of a U- shaped piece of sheet-metal, the ends of which are curled around the member 13 of the spring 12, just in front of the constriction 14 so as to be rigidly positioned thereon, thev center part o-f this member being brought down between the two wires of the spring, as shown in Fig. 5. y

18 is a screw rotatable in a down-turned end on the casting 10 and extending backward and held in the guide member 17.

19 is a hexagon nut threaded on the screw 18 and extending through and held against rotation by engagement with a central vertical slot in the guide member 17 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

Serial No. 101,699.

By turning the screw 18 the casting 10 can be forced back or forward so as to adjust the leather seat to the proper tension.

The structure thus far described is operatively much like that heretofore known but its construction is peculiarly simple and cheap, and results in a considerable saving in manufacture.

The clips 16 carry a depending yoke 20 in the form of an inverted U, the lower ends of the legs of this yoke carrying tension springs 21, the upper ends of which are suitably secured to the stationary part of the saddle frame 22, or otherwise given a stationary bearing. rIwo compression springs 23 overlie the tension springs and are preferably made in the usual conical form, the lower ends receiving stationary support. The upper ends of these coil springs are made adjustable, so as to vary their operative force within considerable limits. To this end the upper ends of the depending legs of the yoke are surmounted by sleeves 24 threaded to engage with the upper turns of the compression springs 23 and adapted to be rotated for adjustment purposes. These sleeves are .preferably formed yof sheet metal stamped into cylindrical form, the threads being stamped into substantially hectagonal form to receive a wrench. In this way the sleeves are made in the cheapest possible manner and the addition of the adjustment which they afford is peculiarly cheap. However, this particular method of construction is by no means essential, since the adjustment might be secured in many other ways or the sleeves made otherwise.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of the construction herein shown, and I do not intend to limit myself thereto, except as pointed out in the following claims, in which it is my intention to claim all the novelty inherent in the device as broadly as is permitted by the state of the art.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a vehicle saddle two sets of coperating saddle-carrying springs at the rear, and means for adjusting the tension of one set of springs independent of the other.

2. In combination a vehicle saddle and two sets of springs for carrying the rear thereof, one set being a compression and the other a tension spring, and means for adjusting'the compression spring independ-` ent of the tension spring.

3. In combination a vehicle saddle, depending spring-bearing legs at the rear thereof, tension springs connected to said legs and having stationary support, conical Oopies of this patent may be obtained for tionary support at their lower ends, and

sleeves rotatable on said legs and on which the upper turns of the conical compression springs are threaded, said sleeves being formed of sheet-metal stamped to form threads on their lower ends and polygonal parts at their upper ends.

6. A vehicle saddle comprising a seat part7 a depending member at the front thereof, a front spring, the wires of which are continued backward and attached to the rear of the seat, a guide member formed of sheet-metal crimped to the spring wires behind the depending member and extended down between the spring wires, a screw in the guide member and attached to the depending member, and a nut carried by the guide member and engaged and held by a central slot therein.

HENRY T. ROBERTS.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

